Dewar v Sheffield City Council & anr [2019] WTLR 495

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | Summer 2019 #175

Graves Park in Sheffield was held by the defendant council on a charitable trust governed by scheme made in 2009. Clause 4(2) of the scheme provided that the land subject to the scheme ‘must be retained by the trustee for use for the object of the charity’. Clause 10 of the scheme provided that “The Commission may decide any question put to it concerning: (1) The interpretation of this scheme; (2) The propriety or validity of anything done or intended to be done under it.”

Section 6, Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 provides that:

‘(1) For ...